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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811134703321

Autore

Wharton Tony

Titolo

A nation in debt : how can we pay the bills? / / Tony Wharton, Noëlle McAfee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dayton, Ohio : , : National Issues Forums Institute, , 2014

ISBN

1-943028-44-3

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (12 p.)

Soggetti

Debts, Public - United States

Budget deficits - United States

Government spending policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; A Nation in Debt: How Can We Pay the Bills?; Debts, Deficits; Why Worry?; A Framework for Deliberation; Option One: Agree to Make Sacrifices Now; Reform Social Security and Medicare; Raise Revenue; Cut Federal Spending Everywhere; What We Could Do; Option Two: Strengthen Checks and Balances; Pass a Balanced-Budget Amendment; Time-Again-for "Pay-as-You-Go"; Riding into the Sunset; Permanently Ban "Earmarks"; What We Could Do; Option Three: Invest in Growth First; Reduce the Corporate Tax Rate; Encourage Research and Development; Get More Young People into Science; What We Could Do

Summary: A Nation in Debt: How Can We Pay the Bills?